Tel Aviv District Court Judge Avraham Hyman partially accepted the appeal of the prosecutor's office, but today (Sunday) ordered the release of model agent Shay Avital to house arrest with electronic handcuffs.
Against Avital, who was extradited from the Netherlands, there is an indictment for sexual offenses by two complainants.
The attorney's office claimed at the hearing that soon additional suspects from his family members will likely be questioned for obstruction.
The house arrest will be at his family's home in Ashkelon.
At the court hearing, Avital's defense attorneys requested that he be released to house arrest, this after claiming that there was no reason to arrest him due to danger, or the reason for escape, and recently a test report was conducted which was positive.
According to the prosecutor's office, the monitoring system for Avital is inappropriate since documents were recently produced from his phone that were classified as confidential since suspects will be interrogated soon.
Shay Avital in the extension of his detention, archive, photo: Koko
The attorney's office that opposed Avital's release stated that the report by the probation service is anemic, lacking in details and there is no electronic handcuffing to discredit the reason for the escapes, and Avital can leave the country illegally, he has financial capacity and his escape process surprised even them.
An indictment was filed against the models' agent Shai Avital // Archive photo: Moshe Ben Simhon
As you may recall, Judge Or Mammon, who ordered Avital's release, stated in his decision that the probation service considered the risks, including the fear of escaping the law.
The chance of recidivism for sex crimes is very low, however, as for escaping the law, the probation service stated that clear limits should be set for it.
The prosecution filed an appeal against the release decision and now Judge Hyman also ordered his release and noted in his decision that the probation service determined that Avital's dangerousness is low, the new material raises a fear of escaping and a fear of disrupting proceedings.
The accused will be released in electronic handcuffs under 24-hour supervision with a self-guarantee of NIS 750,000 and a deposit of NIS 600,000.
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